First look at NL BWII Galvatron and Gigastorm, ML Ratchet, MPG Blaster and Tapes and Much More
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 10:00 amThe Takara Tomy booth at the Shizuoka Hobby Show was home to several new figures, some previously announced and some we're hearing about for the first time! Most exciting among them is an all new figure for the New Legends line in the form of Beast Wars II Galvatron. What's interesting is he's being listed as NL-06, meaning there's two figures missing between NL-03 Nemesis Star Convoy and BWII Galvatron. And we don't even have to wait to see what comes after Galvatron as he'll be joined by NL-07 BWII Gigastorm! The Titan Trypticon retool will include Gigascouter (Full Tilt repaint) with what appears to be a Titan Master based on Megastorm, at least in bot mode.
Moving on we've got a first look at Missing Link Ratchet. Only surprise here is that he and Ironhide seemingly aren't being released at the same time like we've seen in other ML figures that share the same mold. He's basically what you'd expect from the figure. Price will likely be the same as Ironhide, we'll let you know when we find out a release date.
Next we have the gray prototype of MPG Blaster, Ramhorn and the Eject/Rewind mold. This is the first time we've seen these two tapes. Ramhorn looks shockingly complex with a lot of panels and moving parts, even a neck swivel. The Eject/Rewind mold looks to be as good as any larger bot in the line, even working in ankle tilts. Preorders haven't begun for any of these yet, but it probably wont be long.
Surprisingly we're also getting a repaint of MP Rhinox, this time in his evil purple hue from the episode Dark Designs. This version of the figure will have several nods to the original toy such as a sword and toy accurate head with mutant mask. Don't be surprised if we see this mold released down the road as an accurate toy redeco.
Shifting things over to Overgear we've got our first look at Optimus Prime in color. Unlike Ironhide and Blackout, Prime is dominantly khaki and blue in alt mode with red mixed into his bot mode. It's quite a contrast, they even gave him a flame deco. Looking at him from behind he looks like he's made of tires. He's a great looking figure that will probably see a few repaints in the future. More info as we get it.
The final big surprise is Adamas Machina AM-T03 Star Saber based on his appearance in the IDW comics. Like Rodimus before him he's directly based on the Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure from 2019 as a cooperation between the two companies, but with the ability to Transform. Despite the impressive stature in the images he'll probably only be a little bigger than Rodimus since the Kuro Kara Kuri line doesn't concern itself much with scale. He will be a much bulkier figure so expect him to come with a larger price tag.
There was also a quick teaser for the next figure in the Evangelion crossover. That's all of the major new announcements at the Shizuoka Hobby Show, let us know what you think in the Seibertron Energon Pub forums and a big thanks to everyone that posted about these in the forums already. Most images below come from Dengeki Hobby and T-Spark on X while the close-up shots of Ratchet come via Toy Habbits
Moving on we've got a first look at Missing Link Ratchet. Only surprise here is that he and Ironhide seemingly aren't being released at the same time like we've seen in other ML figures that share the same mold. He's basically what you'd expect from the figure. Price will likely be the same as Ironhide, we'll let you know when we find out a release date.
Next we have the gray prototype of MPG Blaster, Ramhorn and the Eject/Rewind mold. This is the first time we've seen these two tapes. Ramhorn looks shockingly complex with a lot of panels and moving parts, even a neck swivel. The Eject/Rewind mold looks to be as good as any larger bot in the line, even working in ankle tilts. Preorders haven't begun for any of these yet, but it probably wont be long.
Surprisingly we're also getting a repaint of MP Rhinox, this time in his evil purple hue from the episode Dark Designs. This version of the figure will have several nods to the original toy such as a sword and toy accurate head with mutant mask. Don't be surprised if we see this mold released down the road as an accurate toy redeco.
Shifting things over to Overgear we've got our first look at Optimus Prime in color. Unlike Ironhide and Blackout, Prime is dominantly khaki and blue in alt mode with red mixed into his bot mode. It's quite a contrast, they even gave him a flame deco. Looking at him from behind he looks like he's made of tires. He's a great looking figure that will probably see a few repaints in the future. More info as we get it.
The final big surprise is Adamas Machina AM-T03 Star Saber based on his appearance in the IDW comics. Like Rodimus before him he's directly based on the Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure from 2019 as a cooperation between the two companies, but with the ability to Transform. Despite the impressive stature in the images he'll probably only be a little bigger than Rodimus since the Kuro Kara Kuri line doesn't concern itself much with scale. He will be a much bulkier figure so expect him to come with a larger price tag.
There was also a quick teaser for the next figure in the Evangelion crossover. That's all of the major new announcements at the Shizuoka Hobby Show, let us know what you think in the Seibertron Energon Pub forums and a big thanks to everyone that posted about these in the forums already. Most images below come from Dengeki Hobby and T-Spark on X while the close-up shots of Ratchet come via Toy Habbits
